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This bridge is one of the accesses to Piazza Mercatale which is the largest square in Prato and is located in the historic center, it is considered one of the largest medieval squares in Europe. The square owes its name to the weekly market which was held there until the 1970s.

Located at the entrance to Piazza Mercatale, the Ponte Mercatale has an ancient history. A medieval bridge that gave access to one of the largest squares in Europe of the time, originating from the bend of the Bisenzio river. Until the 1920s the bridge had characteristics of a classic, very narrow medieval bridge. Before the Second World War, around the 1930s, the ancient medieval bridge was strengthened by reinforced concrete by Pierluigi Nervi and widened, probably for the passage of the first cars, but few traces of the great engineer's work remain: the bridge it was blown up by the retreating Germans after the heavy Allied bombings in 1944 and was then rebuilt trying to recover the original medieval structure. Remains of the old medieval bridge under the current bridge. The Mercatale Bridge can be admired by taking a walk along the cycle path of the Bisenzio river. (SOURCE: Welcome2Prato)

Dirt road that from the Montemurlo carbonizzo climbs up to the Javello farm. From here you then reach Bagnolo through Albiano, or Villa del Barone, Quercia Termini/Schignano, or climbing up to the Cavallaie pass...

Thanks to the Gino Bartali cycle path, located directly on the embankment of the Bisenzio river, you can cycle to and from the center of Prato without car traffic.

If you want to take the Prato-Vaiano cycle path, you need to continue on the path that runs along the Bisenzio and passes under the bridge

Temporary beach set up along the Bisenzio in the summer

The Mercatale bridge is located in Prato and is of medieval origin. It gave access to the homonymous square which at the time was one of the largest in Europe. Before the Second World War the bridge was enlarged and reinforced with concrete but in 1944 it was bombed and now has the original medieval structure.